Running the DPK Setup Script in Silent Mode with Customizations

This procedure assumes you have obtained the required DPK zip files and saved them in DPK_INSTALL.

Note:

If you want to run as a non-root user on Linux, fulfill the requirements in the section Deploying as a Non-Root User on Linux. Before you run the silent mode installation, the root user must run the DPK setup prereq step.

Note:

If you want to run as a non-root user on Linux, fulfill the requirements in the section Deploying on a Linux Host as a Non-Root User. Before you run the silent mode installation, the root user must run the DPK setup prereq step. In addition, after the silent mode installation is complete, the root user must run the post-configuration step to set up the NFS shares.

Note:

Do not run this task for the silent mode VirtualBox deployment. Follow the instructions in Running the DPK Setup Script in Silent Mode for Default Initialization.

Note:

Remember to enter passwords in clear text in the response file and the psft_customizations.yaml file.

  1. Prepare the response text file, using the examples in this section.

  2. Prepare the customization YAML file, using the instructions in this documentation.

    Note:

    You can name the file whatever you like. For the silent mode installation, it is not necessary to use the name psft_customizations.yaml.

    See "Completing the DPK Initialization with Customizations."

  3. Extract the first zip file (FILENAME_1ofn.zip).

    Note:

    It is a good idea to extract into the same directory where you downloaded the zip files, DPK_INSTALL.

    The extraction creates the DPK_INSTALL/setup folder and other files.

  4. Open a command prompt with Run as Administrator.

  5. Change directory to DPK_INSTALL/setup.

  6. Run the script, supplying the full path and filename for both the response file and the customization file.

    On Microsoft Windows:

    psft-dpk-setup.bat --silent --response_file=<full_path/filename.txt> 
--customization_file=<full_path/custfilename.yaml>

    On Linux:

    ./psft-dpk-setup.sh --silent --response_file=<full_path/filename.txt> 
--customization_file=<full_path/custfilename.yaml>

  7. Wait until the installation is complete.

    The script displays progress messages. The complete setup log is written to the file psft_dpk_setup.log in the same location as the DPK setup script.